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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1855.
The Proposed Southern Convention.
Our suggestions upon this movement have attracted
the attention of some of our Whig cotemporaries; but
the responses elicited are as enigmatical as a Delphic
oracle.
The Journal Messenger “believes that the ne
cessity for union at the South is growing more urgent
every day, and would rejoice to see its people without
distinction of party, united upon some well defined and
well ascertained plan of resistance to the aggressive
policy of the anti-slavery sentiment of the North.
But we would most respectfully suggest to our con
temporary^ —that to do this in the way it proposes, i. e.:
by the assemblage of another Southern Convention,
would be a work of supererogation, so far at least as
our own State and people are concerned. Georgia has
already held its Convention and erected its Platform—
her people have already defined their position upon the
momentous issues presented by Slavery, and have already
stated calmly what they will submit to, and what they
will resist.”
The Southern Recorder is opposed to a seotional
organization ; believes even that, in the Democratic
party of the North, there might be found enough of
sound elements to form a rallying point for national
men in all parts of the Union and yet prefers “to
wait and watch.”
While this temper last, it is useless to urge any reme
dial measures which are based on the union of parties
at the South. Until Southern men confide in each
other, and are able to rise above the paltry considera
tions of party politics, and act solely in reference to the
good of the country, we must allow Southern interests to
float at hazard upon the sea of party expediency.
Our proposition to hold a Southern Convention,
composed of representatives from all parties at the
South, to define the position of the South in respect to
abolition encroachments, and to prescribe the mode and
measure of redress in case the defined boundaries of
Southern Rights wereinvaded, was called out by frequent
propositions for Southern Union coming from the late
whig press of the State. The reception of our pro
position, by the whig press, convinces us that their pro
fessions of concern for Southern Union are but a repe -
tition of the old tricks of partisan warfare, intended to
subserve the interests of the party to which they be
long, and have no reference to the publio good.
Look at the objections of the Journal f Messenger.
.Admitting the necessity of Southern union aud concerted
action, it regards the movement as a work of superero
gation booause Georgia has already adoptod a platform !
It will be a sufficient answer to this reasoning to say
that Georgia is not the South, nor the Georgia platform
the joint work of the Southern people.
The objections of the Recorder are still more futile.
It interprets our proposition into an invitation to the
Southern Whigs to disband, and align themselves with
the National Democratic party, and thinks it very un
reasonable “in our Democratic friends to expect the
Union Republicans and Whigs of the South hastily to
embark their fortunes in dubious crafts on dubious
seas/’
In reply, we say, we have made no such proposition.
We proposed that a Southern Convention he held,
composed of an equal number of Whigs and Democrats ;
that said Convention define anew the position of
the South on the subject of slavery ; to state calmly
what she will submit to and what she will resist, and to
pledge our support to that candidate for the Presidency
who would adopt our platform.
Our respected cotemporaries do not object t our pro
position either as unfair, illiberal or inefficient. Why
then do they oppose it? Unless ihey can show better
reasons for their opposition, than they have heretofore
done, they need not be surprised if they fail to satisfy
the people that they are earnest in their professions of
loyalty to the South.
Georgia anil the Administration.
Several Democratio papers in Georgia have complain
ed, recently, very bitterly at the conduct of the Ad
ministration in the distribution of the spoils in Georgia.
We think the complaints unfounded. Georgia has re
ceived her share. A Georgian, Henry R. Jackson, is
Minister resident at the Court of Austria. A Georgian,
Edward R. Harden, has been appointed to a Judge
ship in Nebraska. A Georgian, William J. Hardee,
has been appointed Major of Cavalry. A Georgian,
Wm. 11. T. Walker, has been appointed Major of In
fantry. A Georgian, Philip Clayton, is Second Audi
tor of the Treasury, and a goodly list of Georgians fill
subordinate offices in the Department at Washington
City. A Georgian, Matthew Hall McAlister, has
reoently received the appointment of Judge of the Cir
cuit Court of the United States in California, And
last of all, a Georgian has been appointed Judge of the
Court of Claims recently established. But this last ap
pointment is regarged as an insult rather than a favor
by our Democratic cotemporaries. Why, pray ? Judge
Lumpkin voted for Pierce, aud according to the oanon
so insisted upon that “to the victors belong
the spoils,” he is as much entitled to office from the
present administration as those Democrats who are so
ravenous for the prey.
This array of names will show that the President
has not slighted the State of Georgia in the distribution
of the offices in his gift.
We have said this much in reply to this objection to
the adminstratiou as it has been made with some vio
lence ; but we look upon it as utterly contemptible even
if it could be sustained. A patriot does not fight for
spoils but principles. He can neither be bought by the
gift of office •, nor will he desert his colors because he is
not permitted to share the spoils of victory. The ooly
question worthy of being considered is the fidelity of the
administration to the constitution, and its offer ts to pro
mote the best interests of the country. Iu these re
gards we challenge enquiry as to tbe oourse of Presi
dent Pierce, except in tbe appointment of Reeder as
Governor of Kansas. ll© has aided in the repeal of tbe
Missouri Compromise ; he has curbed the violence of
abolition fanaticism ; he has driven the harpies from
the Treasury ; he is the friend of the South and her
rights under the constitution. These are his claims to
the support es Georgians.
A Favorable Presage.
In the Columbus Enquirer of the 13th, it is said :
“And particularly do we hail it as a favorable presage,
when our neighbor of the Times [and Sentinel] candid
ly admits the propriety of a Whig appointment, under
any circumstances.”
We are very sorry that the conduct of the Enquirer
towards political opponents does not justify us in recip
rocating the compliment. We have yet to discover
the first effort on its part to break the hard shell of
pel tic and prejudice which envelope the “chick” who pre
sides over that journal.
Second District—Col. Eli S. Shorter.
For some time past we have understood that, by
universal consent of the Democratio party in the Second
Congressional District of Alabama, Col. Eli S. Shorter,
of Eufaula, had been brought before the people as a
candidate for Congress.
In the last Spirit of the South we find a letter from
Col. Shorter consenting to, and indeed, advising the
call of a Convention to select a standard bearer. This
policy is advised, as their seems to be a disposition
among a portion of the people of Coffee county to fol
low “the old beaten track” of making nominations by
Convention.
Col. Shorter professes perfect willingness to acqui*
esoe in the decision of the Convention, and to give the
nominee of the Convention a hearty support, “ provided
the Convention be constituted as to reflect the will of
the party, and presents a candidate who is reliable on
the question of State Rights and a supporter of General
Pierce.” This defference to the popular voice and
readiness to sacrifice all present hopes of personal ad
vancement to the harmony and success of the party is
charaoteristio of Col. Shorter and will give him a still
stronger claim to publio confidence and support.
The following survey of the political horizon is as
comprehensive as it is just. Col. Shorter says :
The next session of Congress will be an important one
to the South and the Union. The recent elections at tho
North, have developed the alarming faot, that the Abo
litionists and Free Soilers are stronger now, as a party,
than ever before. The whole North seem to have com
bined to break down the Administration of Gen. Pierce,
because he has dared to proteot the rights of the South;
faithfully enforced the Fugitive Slave law ; and nobly sus
tained the constitution of his country. Flushed with vic
tory at home, the Abolitionists will e nter the next Con
gress, determined to make a desperate effort to legislate
slavery out of Kansas—re-establish the Missouri line —
repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, and to complete ihe abo
lition of the institution in the District of Columbia. When
the discussion arises on those questions, as it inevitably
will, should I be honored with a seat in Congress, I shall
be found, regardless of old party associations , acting
with those true men of the South who take the highest and
boldest ground in defence of our constitutional rights.—
My motto is u no more compromises with the North on
the subject of slavery .” We have never made a ‘com
promise” on that subject since the adoption of the Con
stitution, unless we were, at the same time, victimized. —
Our policy for the future is to resist firmly upon the floor
of Congress, all anti-slavery agitation , and failing there
to appeal to the Right of Secession , and leave a Union
which will then no longer secure the purposes for which
it was formed by our patriot sires, but be converted by
the fanatics of the North, into an engine to oppress and
desolate the South.
Fasting and Prayer.
Governor Winston, of Alabama, by Proclamation,
has named Saturday, the seventh day of April next, as
a day of publio humiliation and prayer. The object is
“to beseech tho benefioent Father of mankind to pre*
pare us to act with fraternal forbearance towards each
other in our private relations, and to meet with patri
otic firmness whatever political ordeal we may have
presented to us.”
In explanation of this singular proclamation, we ap
pend the following from a private letter from the Gov
ernor to the Editors of the Advertiser <s• Gazette :
Gentlemen —At the suggestion of some intelligent
and devout gentlemen, and in compliance with my own
sense of propriety, under the peculiar circumstances in
which we find ourselves placed, both as regards our pe
cuniary and domestic affairs and the gloomy aspect of the
political relations of the Southern States, I have consider
ed it proper to do what, under other circumstance, I
should have left to those whose religous position it more
properly becomes to move in spiritual affairs. It well be
comes every one whose political lot has been cast in this
section ol the Ufoion, to examine prayerfully the end to
which political fanaticism at the North is so rapidly tend
ing, and to implore Him who endued the stern men, the
fathers of our Republic, with fortitude, patriotism and
wisdom to conduct our infant people through the difficul
ties of the revolutionary struggle and the establishment
of a Constitutional Government, to enable us to bear our
selves in whatever emergency we may be placed so as
not to reflect disgrace on our ancestors.
Involved in a common destiny, would it not be well
for the Governors of all the Southern States to co
operate with the Governor of Alabama in urging the
Christian ohurches of the whole South to implore the
high and mighty Ruler of the universe to endow the
people with “fortitude, patriotism and wisdom” to meet
the emergency in which they are placed by the dispen
sations of his providence, and to give us a happy issue
out of all our afflictions? Our cause is a holy one,
and we can safely trust it before the throne of the
heavenly grace.
Theatre—Continued Success of Mrs. Charles
Howard,
Mr. Crisp’s excellent company continues to ’give,
nightly, very pleasing entertainments at Concert Hall,
of which the charming Mrs. Charles Howard is the
bright particular star. She does not overwhelm her
audience, but continually entertains with an ever pleas
ing variety, and develops anew fascination in every
character she delineates.
To-night is the last but one of Mrs. Howard’s engage
ment. MV e hope the community will show their good
taste, and appreciation of rare excellence, by filling the
house to the brim on both occasions.
Captain Ingraham. —While the working men of
England, the German citizens of the United States, and
tbe Corporate authorities of cities and towns in various
parts of our extended country, are showering testimo
nials of regard upon Captain Ingraham for his interpid
conduct in the affair of Martin Koszta, the Sheriff'of
Charleston, S. C., is offering his patrimony for sale to
the highest bidder, to satisfy an Execution obtained
against him as endorser upon the paper of a friend.—
The Charleston Mercury proposes that the citizens of
South Carolina raise the money by voluntary subscrip
tion to relieve Capt. Ingraham’s property from execu
tion, Such a testimonial would be creditable to the
liberality of the State which he has honored by his
heroio daring.
JohnE. Ward and the Governorship.— Mr. Ward,
in a letter to the Independent Press , announces that
his ‘‘name will not be either before the people or their
representatives in convention” as a candidate for the
Governorship.
Savannah and Albany Railroad. —We are in re*
ceipt of a pamphlet copy of the first report of the Presi
dent aud Directors of the Stvannah and Albany Rail
road company. We have heretofore noticed the Re
port. We are pleased, however, to learn that our
esteemed friend, Mr. E. L. Ileriot, is Chief Engineer of
the Company, than whom a more worth gentleman
and accomplished Engineer cannot be found in the
Southern States.
Good Eating. —Science has demonstrated that rich
food, well cooked, is the surest guaranty of health. IK
is, therefore, a public benefactor wuo places within our
power, at email cost, the means of cooking to advantage.
Call ou D. 13. Thompson & Cos., and they will explain
the meaning of this paragraph. Also, read their ad
vertisement. J
The Deluge and Creation.— This splendid pano
rama will be exhibited, to-night, at Temperanoe Hall.
This is the last opportunity our citizens will have of seeing
this striking delineation of the most impressive
scenes in the Biblical record. We hope all who have
not heretofore visited the panorama will be present to
night.
Fires in Milledgeville. —A fire, originating on
Factory Hill on Friday, 9th inst., consumed the resi
dences of Messrs. Hendricks and Balcom. The build
ings were owned by the Factory Company. On the
satno night fires were discovered on the premises of
Messrs. Joseph Miller and James Duncan, but by time
ly efforts were put out without doing much damage.
Macon Botanic College. —The commencement
exercises of. this institution took place on the Ist inst.,
in the following order : Valedictory Address by T. W.
Brents, of the Graduating Class, from Tennessee ; an
Address from Prof. Loomis ; Degrees confered by Prof.
Bankston 5 Address from Prof. Cox to the Graduating
Class. Supper at night in the College Saloon.
Fancy Dry Goods. —Call at the Store of Manley &
Hodges and see their new stock of Spring and Sum
mer goods, which have been selected by the head of the
firm, who is acknowledged to be a gentleman of taste
and particularly skilled in Ladies’ gear.
Ciiewacla Lime. —We are indebted to the Chewacla
Lime Works Company, for a barrel of very excellent
lime. The works are located on the Opelika Branoh
Railroad, near Opelika, Ala. The lime is regarded,
we are told, as equal to the best Thomaston, and is
extensively used by masons in this city. The Compa
ny is prepared to fill large orders. We hope our masons
generally will give this home enterprise a very liberal
patronage.
A Mistake Corrected. —We olassed B. Hill, Esq.,
of Maoon, Ga., as a Whig, in some remarks recently
made about the succesor of Judge Lumpkin. We are
happy to learn that since 1850 he has cordially acted
with the Democratio party. We make this announce
ment because we are anxious to introduoe so sound a
lawyer and so clever a gentleman to the Democracy
aud commend him to their confidenoe.
Rain and Hail.— On Thursday last, we had quite a
shower of rain accompanied with hail as large as hens’
eggs. This good fortune has been attributed by some
to the arrival of Swan, of Montgomery, in town, who is
said to carry good luck wherever he goes. By the
way, he has opened a branch of the Military Academy
Lottery in this city, where all who are disposed can put
the rumor to the test.
Fire at Princeton. —“ Old Nassau Hall, at Princeton,
N. J., was entirely destroyed by fire on Saturday night,
together with the books, clothing, and furniture of the
students. The gallery of pictures, however, a choice
and valuable collection, was rescued. The loss is esti
mated at fifty thousand dollars, on which there is insu
rance of sixteen thousand. Nassau Hall, so called in
honor of the Prince of Orange, formed the principal
building of the New Jersey or Princeton College, found
ed in 1738, an institution that has maintained the
highest rank among our seats of learning, and between
which and Yale and Harvard colleges there has existed
a generous emulation- It has ever been popular with
the South, and numb*red among its graduates Thomas
Jefferson, John C. Calhouu, and a host of others who
have shone conspicuously in every department of intel
lectual effort.’’— N. Y. Herald.
This last sentence is not true. Jefferson was gradu
ated at William and Mary, Virginia; and Calhoun at
Yale, Connecticut.—[Ed. T. & S ]
Hon. Mark W. Izard, Governor of Nebraska Terri
tory, arrived at Omaha City on the 20th ult. He was
very cordially received, and would immediately enter
upon his official duties.
Mr. Soule has declined the invitation of the Cuban
Junta of New York to a public demonstration in his
honor.
Mr. Overby. —Through the Newnan Banner , we
learn that this gentleman has taken the stump, having
addressed the citizens of that'place on Wednesday last.
The Temperance Prohibitory candidate seems to be in
earnest, and the other candidates for the office, whoever
they may be, may rest assured that they will have an
energetic rival to deal with.
Taxing Non-Residents, —The bill authorizing the
taxation of non-residents doing business in the State of
New York has been signed by the Governor, and is
now the law of that State.
Such a law adopted in many of the Sonthern States
would put to serious inconvenience many of the citi
zens of New York.
Where Emery is Found. —lt is a singular fact that
although emery has been sought for in all parts of the
world, it has been found in only two places—in the Is*
land of Naxos, in Greece, and in a few places in Tur
key. The annual production is at present limited to
2,000 tons of Naxos stone, and 1,600 tons of Turkish.
Tide of Trade. —W T e are in formed that a consign
ment of 250 bales of cotton reached our city on Mon
day the 12th, from Montgomery—it having been
chased in the latter city by Wessrs. Hall & Deblois,
of this place, who have recently established a branch of
their house in Montgomery. Verily, these Railroads
are a wonderful institution ! — Columbus Enquirer.
Our Supreme Court.
The appointment of Judge Lumpkin of the Supreme
Court, to be one of the Judges of the Court of Claims,
will, in the event of his acceptance, entail on Gov. John*
son the duty of filling the vacancy thus created. In ac-
th that just spirit of compromise aud concili
ation w ieh at the organization of the Court prompted the
Legislature to place the Supreme Court measurably out
of the arena of which has been ever since re
spected and conformed to,7by retaining on the Bench one
judge w'hose political opinions coincided with the party
out of power, we take fur granted that Gov. Johnson will
place a Whig in the vacant judgeship. The other in
cumbents, Judges Starnes and Benning, are Democrats,
and it would, therefore, not be decorous in Governor John
son to ignore the happy unders’anding existing on this
subject between the two great parties of Georgia, and
passover the professional claims es the many emineLt
Whig Georgia, by appointing a Democrat.
The proposition seems to have been couceded from the
beginning, and faithfully .adhered to, that the minority
shoukl have one member ou the Supreme Bench. It is a
proposition correct in itself when applied to an office not
political, and to a Court which has the ultimate decision
on all the great legal questions involving life, liberty and
property. The people and politicians have alike acquies
ced in it, and we trust a Democratic Executive will not
be the first to deny and defeat it by a prrtizau exercise of
his appointing power.— Conn. & Rep.
[for the times and sentinel.]
SKETCHES OF TEXAS—No. *.
The first ten years of the deliverance of this country
from Mexican misrule, and during the days of the Repub
lic, everything seemed an “up hill business.” It was only
the light of annexation that shed a settled policy around
her government, and she entered the confederacy, deter
mined. as will be seen, on consulting her constitution, to
forego the privilege of involving hersell in heavy indebted
ness, or her citizens in bankruptcy by granting the special
favor of having their paper discounted by banking monop
olies. Her legislatures have always pursued the policy, in
this respect, marked out by the framers of the fundamental
law. They have pursued a liberal policy in their enactments
upon the subject of Taxation, by exacting a uniform levy
and an almost nominal amount, and it is believed that the
day is not distant when an entire release to the citizen from
taxation will be effected by Legislative provisions. Such
seems the evident policy. The future will reveal its wis
dom. Should such be the ’case, it is reasonable to con
clude that this alone will be an inducement for having a
home within her borders. Nor h there any substantial
reason why such should not be the final termination of the
policy, for after supplying her coffers to overflowing by the
trade with the general government concerning the SantaFe
territory, becoming thereby the beneficiary of ten millions
of dollars bearing sem-anuual interest, she might well af
ford to grant to her citizens any reasonable releases. The
interest alone is more than sufficient to meet her expenses,
and the greatest protection to the citizen, it seems, would
hold forth the surest additional inducement to the immi
grant.
The temptation to tell, partly, how it was that Texas fi
nessed in the ten million trade, cannot well be withstood,
and the reader will pardon the seeming digression. There
is little doubt, but that she was honest in believing her
right to the Santa Fe country, a good one, but it is very
certain that all her efforts to exercise a jurisdiction there
proved fruitless. After the close es the war with Mexico,
during the administration of Gov. Bell, of thanksgiving
proclamation, Bible and Skakspeare quotation notoriety-
Texas having given up, by the terms of annexation, her
impost duties—her only resort to sustain the State Govern
ment being a direct tax upon her citizens—came wisely to
the conclusion, that as her treasury was in somewhat
straightened circumstances, something must quickly be
done to avert the burthen of heavy taxation upon her peo
ple. Her right was asserted to the Santa Fe country; it
was thought by the knowing ones of the United States to
be a doubtful one, and initiatory measures were taken to
extend the civil jurisdiction of the general government
there as Col. Doniphan’s division had already proclaimed
by their successful marches, the military. This state of
things aroused the indignation of Gov. Bell, and he pro
claimed to the world and “the rest of mankind,” that the
representatives of the people of all Texas should assemble
in extraordinary session to deliberate upon matters of im
portance. They did assemble accordingly, and the “war
message” was laid before them with sundry indications on
the part of his Excellency that he verily believed the U.
S. government had as little business to occupy our territo
tories as Mexico had, ‘and that he should resist it. He
prayed for the co-operation of the assembled ‘wisdom of
his constituents—‘the dear people.’ Upon an investigation
of the condition of the treasury, it was concluded that to
wage war against Uucle Sam with the whole amount of
thirty jour dollars and ’perhaps a cents over,
might not pay a sufficient interest to induce the investment,
and after a session of three weeks.the representatives of the
people; retired to their homes for a short interval to awai 1
the action of Congress, then in session, upon the Boundary
Bill. In the meantime, the spunk of Texas was noised
abroad, and there being no line of telegraphic communica
tion between the people of the two governments, and the
news of the “war message” of the Executive having reach
ed Washington city, it is supposed that the Compromise
Measures of 185© was a sort of peace offering to allay the
courageous Texas. ‘-‘Despise not the
day of small things.” Those measures became the law,
and Texas was thereby offered ten millions of dollars for
her Santa Fe claim, which she gladly accepted, for it was
all ip the way of a trade anyhow, her blustering blew ov
er and she settled quietly down, eivently well satisfied that
she had got decidedly “the best end of the bargain.” Thus
ended this small filibuster excitement by which the Texas
trearury was replenished and her people comforted.
To write the political history of Texas is foreign to the
purpose in view; incidents, however, connected therewith,
may serve to show the spirit which has actuated her poli
cy. To an eye witness, these scenes, in their minutiae, have
been most amusing. Whether the warlike spirit manifest
ted through her executive, or the diplomacy of her advis
ers, or any single act of her assembled wisdom, or all the
doings of her and council, were the means of
bringing about either the annexation of Texas or the full
ness of her treasury, it is not meet to determine—the fact
however, exists, that she now oocupies an enviable position
among the sisterhood of States, in resources, natural and
fiscal.
The mountainous range of the upper region is the most
picturesque, and sublimely beautiful of ali her territory.—
Here is food for the romantic mind. While the vision
rests upon the summits of the distant hills, the beholder is
forcible impressed with the fertile luxuriance of the inter
vening valleys, and the peculiar adaptation of this section
to the favorable growth of stock, and the manufacturing
interests. There is no place where sheep are more sue*
reared, an'd certainly none wher the water power
can be rendered more efficient in propelling all sorts of ma
chinery. “To see is to believe ”
Important to Postmasters and to the Public.
We are requested to call special attention to the law
just passed by Congress modifying the r.tes of postage,
&c., particularly to those provisions requiring that all let.
ters between places in the United States shall be prepaid
from and after the first of April, 1855, by stamps or
otherwise, and that from and after the first of Janu *
ary next postmasters must place postage stan ps upon all
prepaid letters upon which such stamps may not have
been placed by the writers, or which may not be enclosed
in stamped envelopes.
From and after the first of April , 1855, the postage
to be charged on each single letter for any distance in the
United States not exceeding 3,000 miles is three cents ,
aud over 3,000 miles ten cents.
The law does not change the existing rates or regular
tions in regard to letters to or fiom Canada or other for*
eign countries, nor does it affect the franking privilege.
The provisions in regard to the registration of valuable
letters will be carried into eff-ct, and special instructions
issued to postmasters on the subject, as soon as the neces
sary blanks can be prepared and distributed.
We beg to suggest that editors generally throughout
the United States would render an essential service to
their readers by calling attention to tbs subject.— Wash,
ington Union.
Another Conviction for Wife Murder.
Syracuse, March 9, 1855.
The jury in the case of Alfred Tyler, on the chaige of
the murder of his wile, which has been on tri; I for
the last seventeen days, after being out about five I ours,
returned with a verdict of “Guilty.” He will be s<ntea
eed to-morrow morning.
From Mexico.
New Orleans, March 11.
The Orizaba has arrived, with dates from Vera Cruz t 0
tl e Bth inst., and from the city of Mexico to the 3d.
Santa Anna left the capital on the 26th ult., for the
South with all the troops except 1500, taking with him
a large amount of baggage. The official paper says ho
had gone to the baths in Southern provinces. Romor, ; on
the contrary, affirms that he had left the city to join Al
varez, for the purpose of executing a grand coup d'etat.
SANTA ANNA’S PREPARATIONS FOR FLIGHT.
Advices from to February 19 represent Santa
Anna as daily losing and Alvarez gaining ground. It j 8
sai<l that Santa Anna holds several steamers ready to re”
ceive him on the approach of the revolutionists. Santa
Anna has sent what he could of the seven millions re
ceived from the United States out of the country, togetln
er with all his valuables, and has sold the three millions
yet to be paid to Mexico by the United States.
THE KINNEY EXPEDITION.
Some change in the management o\ the Kinney expe
dition has been made, but its destiny is the same as be
fore, and Col. Kinney will soon leave for Central
America.
DAVIS NOT A BRIGADIER.
The rumor that Jeff. Davis will presently or ultimately
receive the appointment of Brigadier General of the new
regiments is untrue.
FURTHER FROM MEXICO.
Rumored Defeat of the Insurgents
New Orleans, March 13.
By an arrival at New Orleans, later dates from Mexico
have been received. It is reported that Santa Anna lias
defeated the insurgents under General Morento, and, also,
that he compelled the m un body of the insurgents, under
General Alvarez, to retire, alter a desperate battle.—•
General Santa Anna has retured to the capital.
Dates Irom Brownsville to the 7th,have been received.
A Mexican steamer was taking on board Mexican troops
from the mouth of the Rio Grande. All now stationed
there were going to Vera Cruz, or to Tampico.
The Second Commencement
OF THE
Savannah Medical College
Took place on the 13th inst., in presence of an audieuco
which comprised, in a large degree,*the intellect, intelii-.
gence and beauty of Savannah.
There were fifty students in attendance on the lectures
during the course just closed, of whom 34 were from
Georgia, 11 from South Carolina, 3 from Florida, 1 from
Alabama, and 1 from Germany. Os these 17 had con
ferred upon them the degree of M. D.
At the appointed hour, the Trustees and Faculty of
the College, with the orator of the evening, followed by
by the Students, entered the hall two by tvi o.
The ceremonies commenced with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. King, after which the names of the graduating class
were read by Professor Byrd.
Dr. R. D. Arnold next addressed the graduating class,
after which he conferred the degrees.
NAMES OF THE GRADUATES.
Charles 11. (folding, Barnwell District, S. C. —Thesis,
Billious Remittent Fever.
David E. Coie, Sumter District/S. C. —Thesis, Gonor
rhoea.
Wm. B Folks, Washington County Ga.—Thesis, Dys
entery.
John W. Farmer, County, Georgia.—Yellow
Fever.
Thomas G. Hardison, Gadsden County, Fla.—Typhoid
Fever.
Edward 11. Hart, Liberty County, Ga.—Pneumonia.
Joseph T. Jobnstou, Bryan County, Ga.—Sedentary Oc
cupations.
George N. Jones, Mclntosh County Ga.—Phthesis Pul
monates.
Lee A. Jennings, Randolph County, Ga.—Neuralgia.
John'C. W. Kenherly, Edgefield District, S. C.—llo
mcepathy.
A. Thomas W. Lytle, Henry County, Ala.—Digestion
and the Circulation.
Britton R. Mims, Scriven County Ga.—Folicular En
teritis.
Wm. J. Sanders, Clarke County, Ga.—Uterine He
morrhage.*!
Chesterfield H. Smith, Pulaski County, Ga.—lnguinal
Asrnia.
Lucien Q. Tucker, Laurence County, Ga.—lntermittent
Fever.
John H. Talbird, Beaufort, S. C. —Typhoid Fever.
Wm. J. Toole, Seriven Cos., Ga.—Pneumonia.
The degrees having been conferred, Dr. Arnold pro*
sented in the name of the Trustees, the Prize Cup offer
ed for the best Thesis Chesterfield 11. Smith.
Two Ladies Murdered.
Boston, March 9,1855.
At South Gardiner, Worcester county, on Wednesday
night, two elderly ladies, sisters of the late Abnur Kuce
land, an infidel, were murdered in the house where they
lived alone, as is supposed by persons who were after mon
ey. From the appearance of their heads they bad been
beaten with clubs and stones until life was extinct. The
house was then completely ransacked. A vagrant
Frenchman has been arrested on suspicion of having com
mitted the deed.
Mrs. Gaines’ Case.
New Orleans, March 13.
The application of Mrs. Gaines to the Judge of Probate
to be allowed to prove the last will of her fother, has
been refused on the ground that the evidence was insuf
ficient. Another hearing will be granted.
The Steamship El Dorado Fired at by a Spanish
Frigate!
Charleston, March 13, 1855.
The steamship El Dorado on the night ol the Btb inst.,
at twice by a Spanish frigate with balls, when
about ten milts from Cape Antonia.
The trial of ,Ramon Pinto, Doctor Poncho, and Juan
Cada'oyo was to have taken place on the 10th inst., before
the Military Commission.
The steamships United Stales and Philadelphia ar
rived at Havana on the 9th, from New York.
There is no news of importance from Key West.
Destructive Fires in Burke.
The county of Burke has been rapidly swept from very
near the 79 C. It. R. station to Mcßean, burning fences
in every direction, occasionally dwellings, kitchens, stables,
corn, fodder, and in someone or two instances, horses
and cotton.
The destruction of property is wide-spread and in some
cases disastrous.
Some of the farmers already proclaim their inability
to reinstate their premises sufficiently to make a crop.
Others are now trying to hire out their hands intent
on not cropping it at all. — Con. cj- Rep.
Louisiana Legislature.
Baton Rouge, March 9, 1855.
In the Senate to-day the bill to protect the cities of New
Orleans ind Carrollton from inundation was passed —
yeas 17, nays 0.
Iu the House, Mr. Nixon’s bill, amending the Gth, 7'h
and 34ih articles o! the charier of New Orleans, was laid
on the table, subject to call.
The Kidnapping Case.
Phil idelfhi a, March 9, 1555.
The man Warwick, charged with kidnapping a female
slave from Mississippi, has beui released on a writ of ha
beas corpus, no one appearing to sustain the charge.
Mrs. Partington wants to know if it is not inhuman*
and contrary t< the Maine L’quor Law, for the -dikes i’
insist on the Cz .r‘s taking four pints ?
We lenrn from the Albany, (Ga.,) papers that the ■ >
Rev. Stephen Elliott, of Savannah, is expected at Aii t> n )
next Sunday, the 18th in Ft , for the purpose of dedicating
the new Episcopal Church just erected there.